Upstream information

CVE-2021-37639 at MITRE

Description

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. When restoring tensors via raw APIs, if the tensor name is not provided, TensorFlow can be tricked into dereferencing a null pointer. Alternatively, attackers can read memory outside the bounds of heap allocated data by providing some tensor names but not enough for a successful restoration. The [implementation](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/47a06f40411a69c99f381495f490536972152ac0/tensorflow/core/kernels/save_restore_tensor.cc#L158-L159) retrieves the tensor list corresponding to the `tensor_name` user controlled input and immediately retrieves the tensor at the restoration index (controlled via `preferred_shard` argument). This occurs without validating that the provided list has enough values. If the list is empty this results in dereferencing a null pointer (undefined behavior). If, however, the list has some elements, if the restoration index is outside the bounds this results in heap OOB read. We have patched the issue in GitHub commit 9e82dce6e6bd1f36a57e08fa85af213e2b2f2622. The fix will be included in TensorFlow 2.6.0. We will also cherrypick this commit on TensorFlow 2.5.1, TensorFlow 2.4.3, and TensorFlow 2.3.4, as these are also affected and still in supported range.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1189423 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3
  • bazel-skylib1.0.3-source >= 1.0.3-bp153.2.1
  • bazel3.7 >= 3.7.2-bp153.4.1
  • libiomp5 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libiomp5-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libiomp5-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-lite >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-lite-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2022-10014
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • bazel-skylib1.0.3-source >= 1.0.3-bp153.2.1
  • bazel3.7 >= 3.7.2-bp153.4.1
  • libiomp5 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libiomp5-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libiomp5-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_cc2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • libtensorflow_framework2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2 >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-lite >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2-lite-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc-devel >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
  • tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc-doc >= 2.6.0-bp153.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2022-10014
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • tensorflow-lite >= 2.9.1-1.1
  • tensorflow-lite-devel >= 2.9.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12116

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 bazel-skylib1.0.3 Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 bazel3.7 Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2 Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2-lite Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-hpc Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3 tensorflow2_2_6_0-gnu-openmpi2-hpc Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Aug 16 09:53:32 2021
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 16:57:39 2025